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Pacific Air

Sunday, December 2nd 7:00PM

Pacific Air

There’s nothing typical about Pacific Air. Even while growing up in Southern California, brothers Ryan and Taylor Lawhon didn’t learn about music via the usual staples, but rather through their mother’s unconventional taste in music.

“For most people, classic rock is nostalgic since that’s what their parents listened to,” exclaims Ryan. “For us, it’s Enya, Deep Forrest, Laurie Andersen, and Ray Lynch because that’s what our mom played in the house. New Age was our primary music knowledge as kids, and it definitely left an imprint.”

In March 2012, they uploaded three original songs to a Bandcamp page under their initial moniker KO KO, the name of a boat they considered buying in the Newport Harbor. They had tracked the music on a laptop in the bedroom of their home, utilizing everything from guitars and bass to keyboards, synths, and organ. The setup wasn’t fancy or extravagant, but it captured their spirit organically.

Within merely 24 hours of uploading the tracks, a Vice blog contacted the musicians. After two days, their music hit number one on The Hype Machine. A flurry of acclaim began to mount with features by tastemakers including MTV Hive, Disco Naivete, My Old Kentucky Blog, Neon Gold, and many more. The next week, Ryan and Taylor found themselves in New York for the first time to showcase for major labels. Embracing the drastic shift in weather had an incredible payoff for the duo, as their trip culminated with securing a deal with Republic Records.

To some degree, Pacific Air’s identity remains encapsulated in their name itself. Ryan exclaims, “It’s a good description of our music and who we are. We’ve always lived somewhere near an ocean. It’s where we’ve been most of our lives, and it’s fairly representative of most of our songs, but I don’t know if I would consider it surfing music. “

The music’s otherworldly, sonic perspectivereally works well anywhere though. There’s universality in the brothers’ bond that ultimately makes Pacific Air inviting, infectious, and intoxicating.

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